Breaking Ground

Well. That was a fun first few weeks. From zero to nearly 200 users and 18k interactions in less than three weeks; all by "word-of-mouth" invite link sharing between nerdfighters.

From the smallest node offered by Linode to running a single 4-core 8gb RAM VPS. We're currently running with a 100gb of storage but that is expandable up to 10tb as needed. Soon I hope to move the whole thing into Kubernetes for scalability and reliability.

We've filled out a moderation team of 7 to keep things on track and they are hard at work developing some activities for the community, approving trending topics, and keeping an eye on the instance for rule-breaking content.

Just a few notes:
- I'm looking for community related custom emoji. Please make them 20x20 pixels and post them on the server. Tag @nomadgeek and I'll get them uploaded as soon as I can.
- If you'd like to suggest any activities you'd like to see in the future like art prompts or trivia reach out to @NerdfighterNichole.
- If you'd like to donate to the upkeep and maintenance of the server you can do that on Patreon. I'm planning on doing some expansion in the near future to make the server more resiliant and storage costs will always rise as we upload content but any surplus funds at the end of each year will be donated to PIH.

Thanks for building a community with us.
- nomadgeek